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LOS ANGELES HERALD.
VOL. XXXIV.—NO. 51.
BEYOND THE ROCKIES
A Disastrous Cloudburst in
lowa.
The Village of Loveland Swept
Away.
Cleopatra's Bones for Exhibition at
the World's Fair.
Sad Drowning of Two Young Ladies in
Colorado—Vandalism at Har
vard College.
Coßtfdtt Bluffs, lowa, June 2.—A
special to the Nonpareil from the Mis
souri valley of lowa, tells of the almost
total destruction of the village of Love
land, yesterday, by a cyclone burst or
waterspout. Loveland is located in a
gully in the Boyer valley. A terrific
storm passed over the valley, and near
the upper end a cloudburst occurred, the
water sweeping down through the fated
village, leaving hardly a house intact,
and destroying several lives. Among
the bodies identified so far are those of
Mrs. Sayles and son. One family passed
all night in a tree top, and were rescued
this morning. Several persons are miss
ing, and their bodies have not yet been
found ; tliey are supposed to have been
carried down the valley by the water.
Advices received late tonight from the
scene of tbe Loveland disaster, indicate
that the first reports over-estimated its
magnitude. Mrs. Sayles is the only per
son known to have been lost, so far. The
village is a small one, and the pecuni
ary damage, therefore, is not very large.
Tbe river has subsided to its usual chan
nel, but all day's search failed to reveal
any more bodies.
A WORLD'S FAIR FAKE.
An Enterprising Egyptian Digs Vp the
Bonn of Cleopatra.
CHICAGO, June 2.—Alexander Taglia
ferro, of Alexandria, Egypt, writes the
directors of the world's fair, that he is in
a position to furnish them an interesting
exhibit. He has sent the officials photo
graphs of a sarcophagus which he be
lieves and claims is that of Cleopatra.
It was recently discovered in Cesar's
camp near Alexandria, by archaeologists.
After paying the Egyptian government
its dues, the writer says, be sold it to a
friend for speculation. When the sar
cophagus was opened, the contents fell
in ashes, with the exception of the skel
eton, which is still preserved. Taglia
ferro says he is prompted to negotiate
with the exposition authorities from
notices which he has seen in the news
papers announcing that tbe kbedive of
Egypt had been asked by the directors
of the exposition for the mummy of
Barneses. His price is $(>O,OOO at Alex
andria.
Governor Fifer has announced that he
will call a special session of the legis
lature on the 17th instant to act upon
the suggestion of the ways and means
committee, that the city of Chicago be
empowered to issue $5,000,000 in bonds
in aid of tbe fair.
NOT A CONTRADICTION.
It Was a Mare's Nest That an lowa
.Lawyer Discovered.
Washington, June 2. —Tbe report ex
tensively circulated that a lawyer had
unearthed a decision made by the
United States supreme court a few years
ago, in which the court took exactly op
posite ground to that held in the "orig
inal package" decision, turns out to be
incorrect. There is a very obvious dis
tinction between these two cases. The
case decided several years ago arose out
of the seizure by a state officer of a cargo
of coal brought into Louisiana by a ship ;
but before it was taxed, part of it had
been sold, so it was no longer an original
package. Moreover, it is erroneous tbat
the supreme court appears to have over
looked its decision in this case. The
Louisiana case was brought to tlie atten
tion of the court in the argument of
counsel, who showed wherein they dif
fered.
Vandalism at Harvard.
Boston, June 2. —At a large meeting
of Harvard students tonight resolutions
were adopted denouncing the acts of
vandalism of Saturday night, when red
paint was freely used about the grounds
and on the statue of John Harvard, de
claring that they were the work of but
one or two men, and should not be
charged by public opinion upon the
students as a body. The students re
solved to raise money to repair tbe
damage as far as possible, and employ a
detective to ferret out tbe guilty party.
The committee on athletics were re
quested to establish a method for future
celebrations, to avoid any irregular
actions.
Young Ladies Drowned.
Lkadville, Col., June 2.—A party of
young people left here this morning on
a fishing trip down the Arkansas river.
When they reached the Midland bridge
a young man, Brennan, attempted to as
sist Annie Barry and Laura May to cross
upon a, plank which was laid across tbe
stream. When in the center, the plank
turned, throwing all three into the roar
ing waters. Brennan, after a hard strug
gle, managed to save himself, but the
two girls were drowned. The body of
Laura May was recovered three miles
down the river from the scene of the
accident. The other body has not yet
been found.
A Bloody Tragedy.
Fokt Smith, Ark., June 2. —Will Jack
son today endeavored to induce his
former mistress, Ida Bean, to return to
his quarters. She refused and Jackson
shot at her. She ran into the yard and
he followed and emptied his revolver
into her body. When certain of her
, death, he kissed her, and then shot him
self in the left breast. He will recover.
A Chinese Wedding.
Kansas City, June 2.—Chung Sing, a
wealthy Chinese physician, 60 years of
. age, was married today to Au Gin, a
pretty Chinese girl, 17 years of age.
Chung Sing became a widower eighteen
months ago, and sent to San Francisco
,for a wife, paying $600 for her.
EASTERN ECHOES.
New York, June 2. —The failure of
Bouden & Jenkins is announced in the
stock exchange.
Nokwich, Conn., June 2. —The Demo
crats elected a mayor today, the Repub
licans securing tbe remainder of the
ticket.
Little Rock, Ark., June 2.—A Gazette
special from Hope says Judge Williams,
of the Utah commission, is very ill.
Hattiesiutrg, Miss., June 2. —George
Stevenson, colored was lynched today
for an attempted outrage on a white
woman.
St. Paul, June 2.—A heavy rain fell
yesterday and today in parts of Dakota
and Minnesota, and reports of good re
sulting to crops are general.
Philadelphia, June 2. —At League
Island navy yard today, the government
took formal possession of the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, and that vessel was
placed in commission as a man-of-war.
Council Bluffs, la., June 2. —The
Nonpariel says: Francis Murphy, the er
nowned temperance orator, will shortly
wed Mrs. Rebecca Fisher, a beautiful
and wealthy widow, of this city.
Richmond, Va., June 2.—The time of
tbe grand lodge of tbe Independent
Order of B'nai Brith was today chiefly
consumed with routine work.
Chicago, June 2.—Max Rosenburg, a
well-known actor and theatrical man
ager, was badly injured this afternoon
by being run down by a street car.
Sacramento School Census.
Sacramento, June 2.—The city school
marshals have completed the census,
and find 5,351 children in the city under
the age of 17 years. This is an increase
of 402 over last year.
TAKING THE CENSUS.
THE WORK STARTS OFF SMOOTHLY
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The Chinese Answer the Questions Freely.
New York Enumerators Meet With
Difficulties—One Commits Suicide.
San Francisco, June 2.—Census Su
pervisor Davis today expressed himself
as pleased at the way affairs have gone
during the first day of tbe national
census. Those enumerators who have
come to the office during the day report
that the public generally respond in a
cheerful manner to their queries. It is
only among the French and Spanish
population that there is any difficulty
in obtaining proper information. The
Chinese respond freely to the questions.
The man reported 400 names up to 1
o'clock today in the Chinese quarter.
New York, June 2.—The census
enumerators began work this afternoon.
One of them, Louis Marks, met a warm
reception in a liquor store, on East
Forty-fifth street. He was unceremo
niously bustled out amid a volley of beer
glasses. Marks then returned to the
place under police escort, but was una
ble to obtain the information he de
sired. He reported the matter at the
main office, and was told to write out
his story, which would be forwarded to
Washington.
At the close of his first day of work as
census enumerator, Frank Magne com
mitted suicide.
Strike Notes,
Pittsburg, June 2.—Seven hundred
stone-cutters struck this morning for an
advance in wages.
New York, June 2.—TirA-oofers of
Brooklyn have struck for eight hours.
Should an attempt be made to employ
non-union men, other house-building
trades will also go out.
Cincinnati, June 2. —The carpenters'
strike agreed upon yesterday was ac
complished today. Eleven hundred
men stopped work. Union men and
non-union men unite in their demands.
Chicago, June 2. —The statement is
published bere this evening that a spe
cial agent will soon begin proceedings
against the officers of the Master Car
penters' and Builders' Association, for
violation of the contract labor law in
securing foreign carpenters to take the
place of the strikers.
Indian Appropriations.
Washington, June 2. —The Indian ap
propriation bill for the fiscal year
1890-91 has been completed by the
house committee. It carries an appro
priation of nearly $6,000,000, which is
somewhat below the appropriation for
the current fiscal year. It includes an
appropriation of $60,000 to enable the
secretary of the interior to employ prac
tical farmers, in. addition to the Indian
agency farmers now employed, at wages
not exceeding $75 per month, to super
intend aud direct such Indians as
are making efforts for self-support. For
the support of Indian day and industrial
schools and other educational purposes,
$772,700 is appropriated, ana for the
construction on Indian reservations of
school buildings and repairs to build
ings, $100,000.
World's Fair Flans.
San Francisco, June 2.—At the meet
ing of the sub-committee on world's
fair, today, a motion to defer local or
ganization for two weeks was lost. A
motion to incorporate with $500,000
capital, with shares of $1 each, also
failed to carry. It was finally agreed,
after much debate, to refer to the gen
eral committee tomorrow a resolution
offered by Mr. Jacobs, providing for the
immediate incorporation of a local or
ganization, without capital stock.
The Death Roll.
Grass Valley, Cal., June 2.—John
Ford died here this afternoon. He was
one of the oldest residents and well
known in mining circles all over the
coast. He was foreman of the Allison
ranch mine while that famous property
was in operation. He was aged about
60.
Brooklyn, N. V., June 2. —Matthew
Morgan, the widely-known artist, died
this morning.
To Bid on Cruisers.
San Fbancisco, June 2.—Captain W.
H. Taylor, president, and L. li. Meade,
secretary, of the ltisden Iron Works,
leave tlie city today for Washington to
submit bids for the 5,155 and 6,305-ton
cruisers, bids for which will be opened
June 10th.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1890.
THE HARDIE MURDER
General Grierson's Theory
Exploded.
Indians Proved to Have Been
the Murderers.
Their Trail Followed to tlie Mexi
can Line.
Signs That Seem to Indicate That They
Were Indians From San Carlos
Reservation.
Associated Press Dispatches. I
San Francisco, June 2.—The Chroni
cle's Tombstone, Arizona, special says :
The assertion of General Grierson that
no Indians were out, and that Hardie
had not been killed by Apaches, was
disposed of today by the arrival of
Lieutenant Fitch from the Mexican
line. Fitch said: "I was ordered to
Rucker canon after Hardies murder,
and arrived there to find that Lieuten
ant McGrath, of Bowie, had been there
before, and was on the trail of the
Apaches. I followed him, and camped
the same night with him, near Lei lie's
ranch. Next day we came up to a dead
mare and colt. The latter had been
skinned and all the flesh packed off.
Both animals had been stabbed to death,
no doubt to save ammunition. Nine
animals had been stolen. We followed the
trail to within four miles of the line,
where a heavy sand storm covered it.
Remained there till yesterday morning,
when orders came from Bowie by helio
graph signals for Lieutenant McGrath
and myself to return to our posts. There
is no question about the murderers of
Hardie being Indians. The trail indi
cated that there were at least five of
them. They have gone into Mexico. I
do not know why we were ordered back
to our quarters."
A special to the Chronicle from Pha;
nix, Arizona, says: A report received
here today from Tombstone says that
Friday night between 12- and 1
o'clock fires were seen in the
Whetstone mountains, which, from
tbe way they were handled, were
undoubtedly Indian signal fires, prob
ably to communicate with another band
in the Chiricahuas. Tbe fires were on
the highest peak of the mountains, and
were allowed to blaze for a short time,
when they were suddenly extinguished.
It is evident that this is a fresh band,
direct from the reservation, who also
will make their way into Sonora on the,
other side of the Huachucas, and when*
across the line, join those already there.
James Price arrived in Tucson last
evening from the eastern part of Cochise
county. On the Friday preceding the
killing of Hardie, he struck the trail of
the band that did the killing, and
the trail, instead of leading to
ward the reservation, was lead
ing away from it, and toward
Sonora, snowing that the murderers
were not the band that bad been raiding
along the border, but a fresh lot direct
from the reservation. After killing
Hardie. they stole nine head of horses
from Frank Leslie, an old rancher. Will
iamßeynold,who had charge of the ranch,
missing, the horses, started in search
of them, and found an Indian trail,
which be followed some distance, com
ing to a place where they killed a colt
and roasted it. At this place was a small
fire, and judging from it and the size of
the trail, it is presumed that there were
at least six Indians in the party. They
abandoned at the ranch an Indian pony
broken down, which is another evidence
that they were direct from the reserva
tion.
It is also reported that Indian bucks
have been seen in the middle oi a pass
of the Dragoon mountains.
It is further reported that the Indians
have fathomed the mystery of heliog
raphy, and wit h looking glasses are using
the stations for their ow.x purpose, and
to mislead the troops, thus further com
plicating matters. It is possible, how
ever, that it is American bandits who
have mastered the heliograph system,
and are using the knowledge for their
own purpose.
WITHOUT HIS PRISONER.
An Officer's Excuse For Lotting a Crimi
nal Escape.
San Francisco, June 2. —A dispatch
from Portland a few weeks ago stated
that Fritz Schwartz, alias F. Stolnay,
had been arrested in that city by Gov
ernment Detective William Baumgart
ner. It was charged tbat he deserted
from the United States army in San
Francisco two years ago, and went to
San Diego. A few months later he re
turned to San Francisco and married
Miss Emily Jacobowitz, lived with his
wife a short time and with her money
opened wine rooms on Mission street.
Last December he sold out and went to
Portland, leaving a number of creditors
here. Detective Baumgartner has re
turned from Portland, but did not bring
his prisoner with him. It seems that
the detective, besides drawing pay from
the government, has been liberally paid
by the wife. On reaching here without
his prisoner, the detective told the lady
that after he had effected his capture,
friends of his prisoner bound and gagged
himself and set his prisoner, Schwartz
or Stolnay, at liberty.
For Felonious Assault.
Nevada, Cal., June 2.—Juan Caron,
who made a felonious assault upon a 10
--year-old girl at Truckee, this afternoon
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four
years at Folsom state prison.
Fire at Fresno.
Fresno, Cal., June 2. —Fire was dis
covered this morning in a row of wooden
buildings on II street. The whole block
was destroyed, except a brick building
on the corner. Loss, $5,000: insurance,
$1,500.
A Quarrel Over Cards.
Eureka, Cal., June 2.—George Whit
ten was shot and killed by George Davis
at Blacksburg this morning. Both
parties were half-breed Indians. The
shooting grew out of a quarrel over
cards.
Republican House Cnncus.
Washington, June 2.—The house Re
publican caucus tonight, after a pro
longed discussion, decided to insist upon
the service feature of the pension bill,
and endeavor to secure the inclusion of
the proviso that no pension shall be less
than six dollars per month.
The McComas anti-gerrymandering
bill was next taken up and discussed at
length.
Tlie subject of a national election law
was next considered. Lodge and Rowell
presented their report. After their ex
planation the caucus adjourned, leaving
them, as well as the McComas bill, for
another caucus. Silver legislation was
not broached.
Chick the Champion Shooter.
San Francisco, June 2.—Martinez
Chick, of San Diego, defeated Captain
Brewer, the champion of the world, in
the pigeon shooting match at the
Haight-street ball grounds yesterday
afternoon. The captain lost eight birds
out of 100, and Chick allowed five to get
over the boundary.
A Claim Dismissed,
Washington, June 2.—The court of
claims has dismissed the claim of A. B.
Mullett against the United States, for
compensation as architect of the build
ing now occupied by the state, war and
navy departments, amounting to about
$150,000.
Suspected of Murder.
Sacramento, Cal., June 2.—Constable
Richard Nash, of Reno, has under arrest
a Swede who, he thinks, is connected
with the murder of Edwin Goodwin,
some days ago. Tbe Swede was found
hatless and coatless on the streets of
Reno.
THE OAKLAND DISASTER.
THE CORONER'S JURY RETURNS A
VERDICT.
Engineer Dunn Held Responsible and
Charged with Manslaughter—The Rail
road Company Censured.
San Francisco, June 2.—The coroner's
inquest in the matter of the railroad
catastrophe in Oakland on Memorial
day, began this afternoon. Charles
O'Brien, fireman of the wrecked train,
was the first witness. He testified that
he had never seen Engineer Dunn in
liquor. The drawbridge through which
the train went at the time of the acci
dent could be seen from witness's side of
the engine at the shipyard, and he felt
sure it was closed when the train left
there. The engineer was on the train
when witness jumped, which was not
until the engine went down. He had
been running with tlie train only'occa
sionally, and could not say at what dis
tance the danger signal could be discov
ered. The engine had hardly any speed
on when they went through the draw,
and if they could have run ten yards
further the train would have been
stopped.
Bridge-tender Dunlap testified that the
train was not in view when he opened
the draw, though it could have been seen
at tbe mole. He thought it was coming
at a high rate of speed about 150 yards
distant. He had been on the bridge
about fifteen months, and thought the
engineer could see the signal about 300
feet away. He was closing the draw
when the accident occurred. The signal
flag (which was produced in evidence)
was placed about 2«0 feet from the edge
of the draw. Tbe engine approached
the draw at the rate of five or seven
miles an hour. Tbe bridge was within
sixteen feet of being closed.
Conductor L. A. Davis testified that he
knew nothing about the draw being
open, until the engine and car went into
the water. He did not think the train
was running more than two miles an
hour at the time.
The Verdict.
The jury rendered a verdict late to
night, and found that the victims of the
accident came to their death by drown
ing, caused by criminal negligence on
the part of Engineer Dunn. The ver
dict further recites: "We find
Engineer Dunn guilty of man
slaughter. We also find that
the railway company does not take
sufficient precaution to signal trains
when approaching the drawbridge."
Funeral* of the Victim*.
Services in memory of the victims of
the Oakland disaster were held in this
city today. The solemn high requiem
mass was celebrated for the repose of
the soul of Mrs. Mary B. O'Connor.
Similar services were held at St. John's
church in memory of the Kearnes sisters,
and at St. Dominick's church in memory
of the late assistant chief wharfinger,
Martin Kelly.. The funerals of some of
the victims were held in Oakland yester
day. All were largely attended.
I HANK ANDERSON.
A Western Union Messenger Boy Ar
rested for Fmbezzlement.
San Francisco, June 2.—Frank An
derson, a boy seventeen years of age,
who has been employed as a messenger
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, was arrested today for destroying
two telegrams and embezzling twenty
one dollars. Last Friday a man at the
Palace hotel sent two dispatches to the
telegraph office by Anderson, and gave
him twenty-one " dollars to pay the
charges for sending them. The boy
gambled the money away in pool rooms,
and then destroyed the dispatches. The
sender made inquiries and an investiga
tion led to Anderson's arrest. The boy
acknowledged his guilt. His parents
reside in Los Angeles.
Racing Programme Changed.
Sacramento, June 2. —The state board
of agriculture has changed the free-for
all trotting class to 2:20 class, with a
purse of $1,500. The 2:25 pacing purse
lias been changed to 2:30 class, with an
$800 purse, and the free-for-all pacing
purse has been increased to $500. With
these changes the programme stands as
first announced.
Ranch Property Burned.
Milton, Cal., June 2. —Fire on M. F.
Tarpey's ranch, southeast of here, de
stroyed a barn, hay crop, seven head of
horses, wagons, and a large amount of
machinery. The cause of the fire is un
known.
IN OTHER LANDS.
The British Parliament Re
assembles.
Gladstone's Utterances Falsely
Reported.
Sensational Reports About the New
foundland Trouble.
A Severe Earthquake Felt in the Andes
Region—Bismarck Requested to
Stop Talking.
Associated Press Dispatches.!
London, June 2. —Gladstone, in reply
to a question by Liberals in Glasgow,
denies that he ever stated that the
shooting affair in Mitchelltown, Ireland,
and the Siberian atrocities were parallel
outrages, though he spoke of them to
gether.
Parliament re-assembled today. In
the commons, Sir James Ferguson, par
liamentary secretary for the foreign
office, declined to lay on the table the
papers relating to the negotiations with
the United States concerning the Bering
sea trouble until the question was
settled.
Sir James also stated that neither the
French nor tlie English government had
received any information of the landing
from a French war ship of officers and
men on the coast of Newfoundland,
who ordered the Newfoundland fisher
men to remove their nets, and upon
their refusal to do so removed them
themselves. He was sure, he declared,
that the officers in both the English and
French services could be depended upon
to preserve a conciliatory attitude pend
ing tne arrangement of the Newfound
land fisheries trouble. The government
had every reason to believe that the
alarmist reports concerning the situa
tion of affairs in Newfoundland were in
correct.
The Woman's Liberal Federation will
present a memorial to Gladstone, asking
him to include franchise to women in
the programme of issues at the next
general election for members of par
liament.
CANADIAN GOSSIP.
Sensational Reports About the New
foundland Trouble.
Halifax, N. 8., June 2.—There was a
rumor today that advices had been re
ceived from England that a regiment of
tbe line and two batteries of artillery
were about to sail for Newfoundland in
view of tbe anticipated trouble. Two
i torpedo boats are expected to arrive
from England this month. A fleet of
warships arrived today from Bermuda.
Later—The reports in London papers
about warships and an artillery battery
leaving here for Newfoundland are false.
The editor of the Colonist and a New
foundland delegate say there will be no
armed conflict.
Windsor, Out.. June 2. —The dominion
was robbed of the principal witness in
the noted Burchell-Benwell case today,
by the accidental killing on a train, of
Brakeman Hayes.
Montreal, June 2. —News has been
received of an extensive conflagration in
the village of St. Jaques de l'Achigan,
by which twenty-eight houses were
burned, rendering a number of families
homeless. Loss, $100,000.
SOUTH AMERICA.
A Severe Earthquake Felt at Lima An
Electric Storm at I'anama.
Lima, June 2. —The severest earth
quake shock experienced in many years
occurred at an early hour this morning.
It was followed by two other shocks
which, though milder than the first,
were of more than the average severity.
Panama, June 2. —On May 23rd a
severe thunder and rainstorm passed
over this city. At Laborin, the Pacific
terminus of tbe ocean canal works,
lighting struck repeatedly, and one
flash killed a workman. The rain was
the heaviest and most prolonged of this
season.
The whole of the country comprised
in Arsucania, Chili, is infested with
hordes of bandits, and atrocious crimes
are succeeding each other with alarming
rapidity.
GERMAN ADVICES.
Bismarck Talking Too Much to Suit the
Emperor.
Berlin, June 2. —The Hamburger Nach
riohten, defending Prince Bismarck from
the reproach that in his interviews with
Russian and French journalists he has
confided in enemies of the empire, de
clares that only those who desire war
can object to the interviews in question.
Many of the Freissinnige associations
have adopted resolutions declaring that
the military bill should be defeated un
less the term of service be reduced.
London, June 2. —A dispatch from
Berlin says: The emperor has informed
Prince Bismarck that if he does not stop
his press utterances, the result will be
serious.
Foreign Miscellany.
London, June 2. —Mr. Burns, of the
Cunard steamship line, is dead.
Lisbon, June 2.—Senhor Branco, the
novelist, is dead.
Cairo, June 2.—England, Italy and
Russia have given notice of adhesion to
the Egyptian conversion scheme.
Paris, June 2.—The minister of the
interior has issued an order prohibiting
the sale of Paris mutual pools at the side
of race courses, and all intermediary
betting agencies.
Dublin, June 2.—The Catholic Bishop
O'Dwyer, of Limerick, has issued a
pastoral letter withdrawing from priests
in his diocese the power to grant abso
lution to persons guilty of boycotting or
advocating and practicing that plan of
campaign. The action of the bishop has
created much surprise and indignation.
May Weather.
San Francisco, June 2. —The signal
service bureau has issued its monthly
bulletin for May, stating that the
weather during the month was generally
favorable to growing cropß of the Pacific
coast states, the light rains at the end of
the month in Oregon and Washington
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in Northern California six days; in Ore
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days. In Central and Southern Califor
nia the rains were light and local.
MURDERER EYRAUD.
He TelU a Strange Story About the
Murder of OouftTe.
New York, June 2.—The Courier dee
Elals Unis has from Havana an inter
view with Murderer Eyraud. He said
in part: "One morning in speaking with
Gabrielle, I told her I intended going to
Germany or some other country to work.
Gabrielle begged me to waite a while,
on the assurance that she had some
thing in view which she intended to un
dertake. She made an appointment for
me for 6 o'clock in the evening, and I
was at the rendezvous promptly. She
handed me a key leading to a secret
door to her house, telling me to return
at 8 o'clock."
"But she has declared that you killed
Gouffe," interposed the reporter.
"I never killed him," replied Eyraud.
"When I left the house at 8 o'clock I
heard a great deal of noise and laughter.
Bottles of champagne were being opened.
Pretty soon Gabrielle came to look for
me. She gave me some keys and sent
me to find some papers belonging to
Gouffe. I could not find them,
and, hearing a noise, left Gouffe's
house and returned to Gabrielle.
I looked everywhere, I told her, but
without success. I could not find the
papers. Then Gabrielle, raising her
arm in the air, said to me: 'Look.' I
turned my eyes to where she pointed
and saw Gouffe suspended by tbe neck,
with his tongue hanging out of his
mouth.
"'Who strung him up there?' I
asked.
"'I will tell you later,' replied Gab
rielle. 'In the meantime, help me to
put him in a trunk.'
"It is impossible to describe," con
tinued Eyraud, "how difficult it is to
place a dead body in a bag. We cut
down the body of Gouffe and tried in
vain to place him there. We then raised
his body in the air, and when it
was suspended it was much easier for
us to put him in tbe bag. It was still a
difficult operation to put the sack in the
trunk. We lowered the body gradually
until we got it in a horizontal position
above the trunk. On the sides his legs
and arms rested. I pushed him into the
bottom by pressing on him until the
body touched the bottom of the trunk,
but his legs and head remained out
side. Then Gabrielle proposed to
cut the head off in order to close
the trunk. I continued in my efforts,
and using extra force succeeded'in push
ing the head, inside. We locked the
trunk, and Gabrielle told me she would
take care of it. We placed it near his
bed and I returned to his house to
sleep."
"And you did sleep?" asked the re
porter."
"Soundly," was Eyraud's reply. "I
was very much tired by the work I had
done. I then returned to Gabrielle's
house, and we took tickets for a station
near Lyons. We carried the trunk
to a neighborhood where Gabrielle
was acquainted, and left it
there. We then took extra
tickets for Marseilles. In the latter
town we purloined 7,000 francs, of which
2,000 belonged to an Englishman who
admired Gabrielle. Then we returned
to Paris. In regard to Gouffe there was
some prospect of getting 5,000 francs out
of him, but there M as the hitch."
"And what about this accomplice to
whom Gabrielle refers in Paris?" asked
the reporter.
"About that I cannot talk at present.
I will tell the prsoecutor on my arrival
in France."
MB. BLAINE'S BECOMMENDATIONS
Suggestions to Congress Growing out of
the Pan-American Congress.
Washington, June 2.—The president
today sent to congress a letter of the
secretary of state relative to the recom
mendations of the recent Pan-American
conference, on the subject of customs
regulations. The president sets forth
the conference's recommendations.
The conference, also, at the final ses
sion, decided to establish in Washington,
as a fitting memorial, a Latin-American
library, to be formed by contributions
from the several nations, of historical,
geographical and literary works,
maps, manuscripts and official
documents relating to the history
and civilization of America, and ex
pressed the desire that the government
of the United States should provide a
suitable building for the shelter of such
library, to be solemnly dedicated upon
the 400 th anniversary of the discovery of
America.
Mr. Blame, in his letter, recommends
that congress appropriate $250,000 to
provide a safe and suitable building to
receive and protect the proposed collec
tion, which building may also be used
for offices of the proposed" international
bureau of information, and contain a
ball or assembly room for the accom
modation of such international bodies as
the two conferences that have just ad
journed.
Which Shot the Other ?
San Francisco, June 2.—The coroner
began an inquest this afternoon in the
case of Mrs. May Fladung, found dead
in her room in a lodging house two
weeks ago, with a bullet wound in her
head. Edward Fladung, her husband,
was found in the room, similarly
wounded, but alive. He is now recov
ering rapidly, and still claims that his
wife shot him and then killed herself.
The jury returned a verdict that Mrs.
Finding's death resulted from pistol
shot wounds inflicted by parties un
known.
A Bishop's Funeral.
Omaha, Neb., June 2.—There were
thousands of people in the funeral
cortege which followed tbe remains of
Bishop O'Connor to the crypt of St.
Philomen's cathedral. One hundred
and fifty bishops and priests were
present.
Eight Years In Folsom.
San Fbancisco, June 2.—Antone Men
doza, convicted of killing hia wife be
cause she refused to live with him, was
sentenced today to eight years in Folsom
prison.
Orator White.
San Jose, June 2.—Stephen M. White
delivered an oration at the alumni ban
quet at the Santa Clara college thin
evening.